The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-09


the railroad just above the depot, depend.
ing from which was the illuminated word
"Welcome." A decoration that struck
the eye wss placard In the garden in
front Of tho residences OF Mr.. Jasper Smith,
on the Ridge, which bore the following
legend: hI-H
IAN HANDLE. .s
uo ro. k'saik'' sai
l- Kalamazoo ..s..
Via the o Of tho W Route.
Tho latter line sitter tho dissection ol
tho body and tho articulation Of the skele'
ton was found to mean, "Out Of the Wooda
route" Qotte a neat conceit.
THE cAMpDELLs ARE COMING.
Long before tho hour set for tho arrival
Of tha trains from Wheeling and Pitts.
burgh people could be ueon vending their
way to the depot. The Wheeling train
rived first, containing besidea the delege'
ton from this city number Of exclusion.
lists picked up at towns along the route.
Tnoss who composed the visitors from
Wheeling we're the following gentlemen:
Di. 7. d. Logan, President Of the Cham.
ber Of Commerce, Hon. @. D. Hubbard.
Capt. John Mcclure, Mayor q. W. Sea.
bright and son, James B. fancy, editor OF
the Register, ". +. Pe:srson, John Frew,
Of the INTELLIagScER, Hon. W. B. Simp.
son, Fred Husemsn, Travelling Passenger
Agent of the Ohio River Railroad, A. L.
Rheins!rom and Harry Adams. There
wGs no special demonstration in their
honor. The liono Of the day we're the
ones this! were most aE E1ioua.y looked for,
the ciiicinls Of thu Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
\ Ct. Louis Railroad. When at last the
Pittsburgh train hcye in sight it WAS
greeted with the gcreeching OF whistles,
tie boom Of the cannon, and the Changing
OF bells, all combining 10 make 8
noisy, IL not 8 mos: cordial vel.
como. st the depo: the brass baad
added to the din, at iesst i.a melody could
not be distinguished. The officials were
welcomed BY the Mayor and the Citizens'
Reception Committee and eicorted to the
Hotel Stewart where they, together with
the guest0 from Wheeling, sst down to Q
bsnqns. which was discussed in an appe.
tiziDg manner. G #
LIONS or THE HOUR.
The otHcisli OF the road Iho wero pres.
ent were Edward 3. Taylor, Supsrintsnd'
ent Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis;
N. ]. Backs., Chief Engineer; J. E. David.
son. Treasurer Pittsburgh. Cincinnati (
St. Louis and Pennsylvania, Companies
N. O. Spencer, Assistant; Frank Van
Dagen, Chief Assistant General Pas,
ssneor Agent, Pennsylvania lines west
Of Pittsburgh; James Means, Divis.
ion Freight Agent Pittsburgh, Din.
cinrati 4 St. Louis; r. R. Bentley,
General Baggage Master Pennsylvania
iines vest Of Pittsburgh; J. ]. Brooks,
Assistant General Counsel Pennsylvania
lines Teat Of Pittsbursh; L. L. Gilbert,
Aseiatsnt to General Council; s. @. Scott,
Chief Clerk to General Mansgsr McCrea
b. o. Hukill, Assistant to General Par.
chasing Agent; W. S. Church, Assistant
to Treaaursr Davidson; Z. G. Bradley,
Assistant superintendent Of Telegraph
Col. Samuel Moody, Division Passenger
Agent Of Lines West Of Pittsburgh; O. B.
Street, Master Mechanic; P. A. Bono
hreake, Chief Trsin Dispatcher; N.
@. Dean, Train MISTER; @. N Bennett,
Engineer OF Maintenance Of Way; II. s.
Blair. Chief Clerk to General Suporln.
tendens of transportation; ]. NJ. Bale.
vile, Agent at Wheeling; J. D. Tomlinson,
Passenger Agent, Wheeling. Also ].
Dunbar, Counsel P, O. & St. L., 6teuben.
vile; R. Il. sherraId, Director P, O. &
81. L. Pa T..
TIE JoLLIrIcATIoN.
Alter the feast OF good things had been
disposed OF the invited gueats, visitors
and townspeople repaired 10 the hall ol
the public school building where q mum.
ber o! congratulatory speeches were lis'
tened to. A.
Thetow at this timo presented q very
snowy appearance The Ridge oeemed Ia
bo one mass Of flame from the natural
gas js:s, lighting up. tho town below,
and ? dispeling darkness in the
most ramoas corners.i Add to this ths
boom ot the cannon, whose roar rsverbsr.
ated through the Ohio hills, and you have
gcsna picturesque In the extreme. The
population Of the town was swelled TO q
considerable extent by the number oil
strangers, and 1t can safely bs said tina,
many Of the good people oi tho Brick
City thought z; z}t ie.r
There niver way slch timo
6cncc the days Oy Hoah's Ark, f4
| When Mayor Morrow raped for orde,
the hall Was completely filled, many per.
SONS remaining etanding throughout the
exercises, Ex.s!ate Senator John Gun,
ningtam then came for ward ana delivered
the address Of welcome, which he did in q
graceful and eloquent manner, closing
with glowing eulogy on Capt. John por.
ter, the foremost promoter OF the railroad
Mayor O. W. Ssabright, In behalf Of the
city ol Wheeling, extended the felicita
tions of her citizens on the completion
Of the thoroughfare. He was followed b,
Dr.. T. q. Logan, Pieaident Of the Cham
ber OF Commerce, who expressed the graf
ifics!ion Of that body in the completion
OF the RAILROAD that was to bring the ci!i
zenB and merchants Of Nav Cumberland
into cloeer contact with the outeide world
and trusting that Wheeling and ths Brici
City would reap mutual benefits from II
construction. l.t ft4$
Chief Engineer NJ ]. Becker relate.
the trials ead tribulations OF an engineer
which anueed the audience. He was fol
lowed by Assistant Council Lucien Gil
beyt, Superintendent! E. D. 'rsy lor, J.. Dun
bar, and Robert shelrasd, Of Steubenvie
Mr. James B. Taney, OF the Wheslin
Register spoke gracefully on behalf Of th
press. Capt. Mcclure and Capt. job
Porter were both called for, but thei
we'll kno wn modesty prevented them fror
responding. G:
liter some pertinent remarks by Hol
O. D. Hubbard on the diRcultiea oncour
, tered In the construction Of railroads th
meeting adjourned and the iolliRcatlo